Test removing limit on number of turbines

NREL · Dec 18, 2023 · 5da9b0a · 5da9b0a
1 parent 91b0178
commit 5da9b0a
Show file tree

Hide file tree

Showing 2 changed files with 6 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/shared/lib_windwatts.cpp b/shared/lib_windwatts.cpp
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ windPowerCalculator::windPowerUsingResource(double windSpeed, double windDirDeg,
         errDetails = "Wake model not initialized.";
         return 0;
     }
-
+    /*
     if ((nTurbines > MAX_WIND_TURBINES) || (nTurbines < 1))
 	{
 		errDetails = "The number of wind turbines was greater than the maximum allowed in the wake model.";
 		return 0;
 	}
-
+    */
 	size_t i, j;
 	//unsigned char wt_id[MAX_WIND_TURBINES], wid; // unsigned char has 256 limit
     size_t wid;
@@ -369,13 +369,13 @@ bool windPowerCalculator::windPowerUsingDistribution(std::vector<std::vector<dou
         errDetails = "Wake model not initialized.";
         return false;
     }
-
+    /*
     if ((nTurbines > MAX_WIND_TURBINES) || (nTurbines < 1))
     {
         errDetails = "The number of wind turbines was greater than the maximum allowed in the wake model.";
         return false;
     }
-
+    */
     size_t i, j;
     //unsigned char wt_id[MAX_WIND_TURBINES], wid; // unsigned char has 256 limit
     size_t wid;

diff --git a/ssc/cmod_windpower.cpp b/ssc/cmod_windpower.cpp
@@ -310,9 +310,10 @@ void cm_windpower::exec()
         newMaxTurbines = as_integer("max_turbine_override");
         wpc.SetMaxTurbines(newMaxTurbines);
     }
+    /* Try turning this off and see what happens (Matt)
 	if (wpc.nTurbines > wpc.GetMaxTurbines())
 		throw exec_error("windpower", util::format("the wind model is only configured to handle up to %d turbines.", wpc.GetMaxTurbines()));
-
+    */
 	// create adjustment factors and losses - set them up initially here for the Weibull distribution method, rewrite them later with nrec for the time series method
 	adjustment_factors haf(this, "adjust");
 	if (!haf.setup())